konie

About "The Club is Open", written by Itsatrap.com:
"I'm going to contradict something I said yesterday. Sometimes it is important to read about music before listening and as such, I don't think I would've paid as much attention to Konie's new album "The Club is open" if I had not taken a look at the liner notes first. I have an audio engineering background, so I am always curious about the technical process behind the music and Konie lays out many of the details. The thing that caught my eye however is that all of the loops are real, honest-to-goodness tape loops. As in reel-to-reel, sliced with a razor and spliced together - there's even a deck pictured on the cover. Considering how stupid easy it is to replicate digitally (don't forget the saturation plug-in!), I think it's admirable to stick with the imperfect, old-fashioned method. It shows a high level of craftmanship and determination. There's also a certain character to it that's hard to fake. Of course, it wouldn't make a lick of difference if the finished product wasn't worth listening to. The technical aspects of the recording made me listen in closer detail, but I wouldn't be talking about it if the end result was shit. This is organic dance music, pieced together by hand, not computers. That's the way I like it.
Avi Roig,
It's A Trap